TY - JOUR
T1 - NN → NNπ at intermediate energies
T2 - Predictions of a unitary model
AU - Dubach, J.
AU - Kloet, Willem
AU - Silbar, Richard R.
PY - 1987/1/1
Y1 - 1987/1/1
N2 - We explore the NN → NNπ reaction in detail within the context of a unified model which satisfies two- and three-body unitary. Predictions for differential cross sections and spin observables are examined and compared with experimental data, where available, for a variety of exclusive [pp → p(n)π+, pp → pp(π0), and np → p(p)π-] and inclusive [pp → p(X) and pp → n(X)] reactions. Based on predictions of the model, further experiments are suggested to shed additional light on the NN → NNπ process. Due to dynamical symmetries the np → p(p)π- observables are strikingly different from the more familiar pp → p(n)π+ observables, and we urge that this reaction be investigated experimentally. Experimental tests for the existence of dibaryons are also briefly discussed.
AB - We explore the NN → NNπ reaction in detail within the context of a unified model which satisfies two- and three-body unitary. Predictions for differential cross sections and spin observables are examined and compared with experimental data, where available, for a variety of exclusive [pp → p(n)π+, pp → pp(π0), and np → p(p)π-] and inclusive [pp → p(X) and pp → n(X)] reactions. Based on predictions of the model, further experiments are suggested to shed additional light on the NN → NNπ process. Due to dynamical symmetries the np → p(p)π- observables are strikingly different from the more familiar pp → p(n)π+ observables, and we urge that this reaction be investigated experimentally. Experimental tests for the existence of dibaryons are also briefly discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0375-9474(87)90458-1
DO - 10.1016/0375-9474(87)90458-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0011491247
VL - 466
SP - 573
EP - 611
JO - Nuclear Physics A
JF - Nuclear Physics A
SN - 0375-9474
IS - 3-4
ER -